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April 2009 Monthly Photography Contest

996GT2

Diamond Member
April 2009 Monthly Photography Contest

Welcome to monthly contest #23!

April Showers:
Showers 1
Showers 2

April Flowers:

Flowers 1
Flowers 2
Flowers 3
Flowers 4
Flowers 5
Flowers 6
Flowers 7

Easter:
Easter 1

April Anything Goes:
Anything 1
Anything 2
Anything 3
Anything 4
Anything 5
Anything 6

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March Winners:

Green: OulOat

HDR: OulOat

Anything goes: Elbosco
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April Contest Dates:

* Photo must be taken between April 1 - 31, 2009.
* Photo must be submitted by end of day, April 31, 2009..
* Voting begins the morning of May 1, 2009, and will run through the evening of May 6, 2009 .
* Winner to be announced at the end of voting.




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Primary April 2009 Contest Theme:

* "April Showers"
o Spring rain


Secondary April 2009 Contest Theme:

* "Flowers"
o Post your best here

Tertiary April 2009 Contest Theme:

* "Anything Goes"
o I liked the idea of people taking a picture and it being a awesome shot but it not fitting in any category
o Please keep the pictures SAFE FOR WORK

Bonus April 2009 Contest Theme: Easter

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The General Rules:

* Submitted photos must easily pertain to the contest subject matter.
* Contest eligible pictures MUST be taken within the dates stated for this month's contest.
* Only one submitted photo per entrant per catagory
* Full EXIF info is strongly suggested to be retained with any submitted picture. I am ceasing to make this a requirement, due to the fact that this is merely a fun and no-prize contest.
* Submitted photos must abide by forum rules (which basically means no nudity)


Post-Processing Rules:

* We are now going to dispense with any PP rules. Anything is allowed, but I still want to discourage the following:
o Try to refrain from turning your photo into "graphic art".
o I would like to discourage major cloning and photo transplants.


Submission Rules:

* Each person is given until the time that I put up the voting to submit their picture. Polls are usually erected the morning of the start date of voting.
* Smallest picture size available to submit will be limited to 1200 pixels on the smallest side. This gives everyone with atleast a 2MP camera a chance to enter. (Any arguements on this one?) - UPDATE: If anyone has any problems with this, we can dispense with this rule. Now that I think about it, any full-size originals you submit to me will be available for anyone here to grab.
* Please submit JPG's only! (Highest quality setting for JPG is suggested to reduce compression artifacts.)
* Your final entry can be made at any time between the start of the contest itself until the submission deadline stated above.
* Each member will have only ONE chance to submit a final entry for the contest. Once you submit, that is it.


Submitting Your Entry:

o PM me with a link to your full-size photo on the web.


Voting:

* Voting will begin at the date stated at the start of this thread.
* The gallery will be available to view at all times as pictures are added throughout the contest, however all final entries will be posted in this thread with links, along with a poll at the top of the thread.
* Voting will stay open until the deadline.


Prizes:

* Due to the nature of the contest being ran by regular members, there are no prizes to be offered. You will only gain the satisfaction of being chosen by the members of Anandtech as the best in this month's theme.
* If any prizes are able to be given away in any future contests, I will be sure to outline the details. If you do not see mention of a prize, then assume there isn't one.


Errors/Omissions:

* I try my best to keep everything organized on my end in regards to picture submissions and the names of users that submitted those. If you find any errors, PLEASE let me know so I may correct them. I've not been told that I've linked to wrong pictures, or labeled pictures with the wrong usernames yet, so I must be doing something right. But that's the last thing I want is giving credit for a photo to the wrong person.
 
I forgot to submit my pictures early. I'll try to get them in after work today if that's not too late.

edit: Never mind. We're going out tonight and I won't be near my home PC for a few days, so I'll just enjoy the photos that were submitted by other people. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: OulOat
Anything 1 and 6 are the same...

I'll just add up the votes for it since I don't want to delete one.

Sorry, it's finals week so I'm hella busy.
 
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